Russian President Vladimir Putin has many important issues to focus on, and ex-Georgian president Mikhail Saakashvili’s restored Ukrainian citizenship is not one of them, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Friday, APA reports citing TASS.
"How did Putin react? He was the first one to suggest this," Peskov said smiling when asked to comment on Putin’s stance on Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky’s decision to reinstate Saakashvili’s Ukrainian citizenship.
"You see what Putin is doing, you see his agenda, and Saakashvili’s citizenship issues are far from topping Putin’s agenda, and they cannot be included there," Peskov said, adding that the president focuses on the country’s issues.
In late April, Putin suggested that Ukraine’s new President Zelensky should start defending human rights with Georgians, namely Mikhail Saakashvili. The Russian leader stressed that Saakashvili had been illegally deprived of the Ukrainian citizenship and deported from the country, and it would be fair to bring him back and restore his rights, as well as the rights of many other Ukrainians.
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